Data Center Campus
Digital Realty: Slough Ajax Avenue Campus
Campus at a Glance
Digital Realty's Slough campus occupies two two-storey buildings at 630 and 631 Ajax Avenue in the Slough Trading Estate, about 15 minutes from London Heathrow.
- Buildings: LHR26 (630 Ajax Avenue, building A, 2008) and LHR27 (631 Ajax Avenue, building B, 2012). Together they total about 22,295 sqm (239,980 sq ft), with 9,385 sqm (101,020 sq ft) of raised floor.
- History: The site was CenturyLink's Slough West data centre (LO5). It passed to Cyxtera Technologies in May 2017 as LHR1 (buildings LHR1-A and LHR1-B) in Cyxtera's $2.8 billion acquisition of 57 CenturyLink data centres. Digital Realty acquired the campus in 2024.
- Standards: SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
Buildings
Sites on this Campus
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty: LHR26 | Digital Realty Trust |
Operational
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░░░ Request Dataset MW | — | 2008 |
| Digital Realty: LHR27 | Digital Realty Trust |
Operational
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░░░ Request Dataset MW | — | 2012 |
Map and Nearby Locations
Digital Realty: Slough Ajax Avenue Campus Power Growth Over Time
Campus Photos
Operating Company
Digital Realty Trust is a data center public REIT that owns and operates facilities in the United States and Europe. The company provides colocation and interconnection services and develops large multi‑tenant data centers for enterprise and cloud customers.
Its European platform expanded through the combination with Interxion, and through the purchase of European sites divested by Equinix following Equinix’s acquisition of TelecityGroup. The Telx acquisition added a U.S. interconnection and colocation business to Digital Realty’s portfolio.
Digital Realty Trust History:
- In March 2020 completed the combination with Interxion, expanding its European platform.
- In September 2017 completed the merger with DuPont Fabros Technology.
- In July 2016 acquired eight European data centers from Equinix that were divested as part of Equinix’s TelecityGroup acquisition.
- In October 2015 completed the acquisition of Telx.
- On October 28, 2004 priced its initial public offering at 12 dollars per share.